Specs for a PC in the year 2020

[Arcadio]

What do you think will be the specs for an average PC in the year 2020?

 

[phucheneh]

Core 2 Duo and Windows7.

Seriously. There has been a massive plateau, especially if you don't factor in gamers/enthusiasts. I would bet your 'average' PC across all segments of the US is still a single core Windows XP box. And that's, what, ten year old tech?

edit: the better question is 'what will standard tablet specs be' or 'will a platform between tablets and notebooks emerge' (yeah, I know, netbooks. But people want touchscreens now)...

Or even 'will anyone still be buying grandpa boxes?'

 

[DesiPower]

16 core CPU with integrated graphix
Active cooling
1TB memory
100TB SSD...

 

[Krazy4Real]

Something powerful enough to run Crysis 6.

 

[techs]

4 or 8 cores running at 6-8 Ghz
128-256 Gb ram
10 Tb. hard drive.

Higher end computers will have 32-64 cores.

 

[phucheneh]

16 core CPU with integrated graphix
Active cooling
1TB memory
100TB SSD...

We have 'active cooling.' They're called 'fans'. ;P

The first bit is definitely possible.

The last two are pipedreams, IMO.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

16 core CPU with integrated graphix
Active cooling
1TB memory
100TB SSD...

That's probably overestimating the RAM/storage and underestimating the CPU. We might see 64 core consumer level CPUs by then.

 

[dank69]

Quad-core fembots for everyone!

 

[DesiPower]

We have 'active cooling.' They're called 'fans'. ;P

The first bit is definitely possible.

The last two are pipedreams, IMO.

lol, I meant something like Thermoelectric Cooling

 

[DesiPower]

another option - quantum computing

 

[darkxshade]

16-32 cores running 6-7ghz
1-2TB SSD
32GB RAM
It will be running on Windows 15

 

[Hugo Drax]

Locked down architecture, you purchase license for extra performance. Windows 10 will be a fully locked down architecture. PCs will be like TV sets. You cannot install your own software or modify hardware, only license apps from the online store.

 

[OlafSicky]

Locked down architecture, you purchase license for extra performance. Windows 10 will be a fully locked down architecture. PCs will be like TV sets. You cannot install your own software or modify hardware, only license apps from the online store.

I agree with you 100% and there will be no HDs since it all will be in the cloud for your convenience.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Quad-core fembots for everyone!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Quad-core fembots for everyone!

As long as they don't go messing with the traditional inputs.

 

[Jaskalas]

Better question will be: can you even buy a desktop in 2020?

 

[SphinxnihpS]

I agree with you 100% and there will be no HDs since it all will be in the cloud for your convenience.

Not sure what your problem with that statement is? It's already happening.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

5nm core processes on doped silicon
RAM and storage will merge
True parallel processing with hundreds of wirelessly networked cores
No input devices

 

[videogames101]

You're going to see silicon alternatives becoming economically and technically viable to get past the apparent 5nm wall.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

imma say 4.5 ghz quad will be average. clock speeds have essentially stopped increasing and most people dont need more anyway

 

[KeithTalent]

Cooled with solution, that's for sure.

KT

 

[BladeVenom]

Maybe by then hard drive prices will be down to pre-flood levels.

 

[Red Squirrel]

8 REAL cores (most 8 core CPUs are actually 4 core with hyperthreading or whatever AMD calls their version) at maybe 4Ghz.
Perhaps even 16 cores.
128GB of ram but possible to go higher
6TB spindle drives will available, but chances are we'll be looking at 1TB SSDs as being standard and spindle drives only for cheap mass storage or server applications that require unlimited IO cycles in a raid situation.

Though things have stagnated, and with tablets and phones taking over, it's hard to tell if the PC will even still be here at the consumer level, by then.

 

[ultimatebob]

I doubt that many people will be buying desktops in 2020.

Instead, I'm imagining the average laptop will be something with a:

A 14" 4K resolution touch screen that is convertible to a tablet form factor
"Windows 10" - which will still suck. Sadly, most of the desktop Linux distributions will probably still suck as well.
A 4 GHz 8 core processor that will use about 10 watts of power at max speed
Lithium Ion batteries that still aren't much better than today... Seriously, it's been over a decade since we've had any real breakthroughs in battery technology that actually made it out of the lab and into production
32 GB of memory
A 3 TB hard drive or 1 TB SSD
Integrated graphics that is about twice as powerful as 2 GeForce 680's in SLI.... yet it still won't be good enough to play the latest version of Crysis.

 

[Tsavo]

Intel: 6 GHz quads for home use. 5TB SSD. 32GB ram.
AMD : 4.8 GHz Piledriver. 5400RPM 4TB HDD. 8 GB ram.